Humans with obesity exhibit impaired circulating total, but not free, IGF‐1 response to acute endurance exercise

Abstract We investigated how obesity impacts the response of circulating insulin‐like growth factor‐1 (IGF‐1) to a single bout of endurance exercise in humans with and without obesity. Blood samples were collected before exercise, at 15 and 40 min during a 45‐min cycling session at 65% of heart rate...

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Main Authors: Eduardo D. S. Freitas, Lori R. Roust, Eleanna De Filippis, Matthew Buras, Brooke Brown, Christos S. Katsanos
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Published: Wiley 2025-06-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.70436
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author Eduardo D. S. Freitas
Lori R. Roust
Eleanna De Filippis
Matthew Buras
Brooke Brown
Christos S. Katsanos
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Lori R. Roust
Eleanna De Filippis
Matthew Buras
Brooke Brown
Christos S. Katsanos
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description Abstract We investigated how obesity impacts the response of circulating insulin‐like growth factor‐1 (IGF‐1) to a single bout of endurance exercise in humans with and without obesity. Blood samples were collected before exercise, at 15 and 40 min during a 45‐min cycling session at 65% of heart rate reserve, and 15 min post‐exercise. Serum levels of total IGF‐1, free IGF‐1, IGF binding proteins 1 (IGFBP‐1) and 3 (IGFBP‐3), growth hormone, and insulin were measured. Both total IGF‐1 and IGFBP‐3 serum concentrations increased significantly (p < 0.05) during exercise in the study participants without obesity but not in those with obesity, returning to basal levels immediately after exercise. There was a statistically significant main effect on the growth hormone response, with circulating levels being higher in participants without obesity (p < 0.05). No significant effects were observed for either free IGF‐1 or IGFBP‐1 serum concentrations in response to exercise in either group (p > 0.05). We conclude that humans with obesity have blunted serum total IGF‐1 response during exercise. However, a concurrent attenuation in serum IGFBP‐3 response, which regulates free (i.e., biologically active) IGF‐1 in circulation, results in no change in circulating free IGF‐1 levels during endurance exercise in individuals with obesity.
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spelling doaj-art-2133c38c1b044caea6e427468e7d63042025-08-20T03:31:56ZengWileyPhysiological Reports2051-817X2025-06-011312n/an/a10.14814/phy2.70436Humans with obesity exhibit impaired circulating total, but not free, IGF‐1 response to acute endurance exerciseEduardo D. S. Freitas0Lori R. Roust1Eleanna De Filippis2Matthew Buras3Brooke Brown4Christos S. Katsanos5School of Life Sciences Arizona State University Tempe Arizona USACollege of Medicine Mayo Clinic Arizona Scottsdale Arizona USACollege of Medicine Mayo Clinic Arizona Scottsdale Arizona USADepartment of Biomedical Informatics Mayo Clinic Arizona Scottsdale Arizona USAClinical Studies Unit Mayo Clinic Arizona Scottsdale Arizona USASchool of Life Sciences Arizona State University Tempe Arizona USAAbstract We investigated how obesity impacts the response of circulating insulin‐like growth factor‐1 (IGF‐1) to a single bout of endurance exercise in humans with and without obesity. Blood samples were collected before exercise, at 15 and 40 min during a 45‐min cycling session at 65% of heart rate reserve, and 15 min post‐exercise. Serum levels of total IGF‐1, free IGF‐1, IGF binding proteins 1 (IGFBP‐1) and 3 (IGFBP‐3), growth hormone, and insulin were measured. Both total IGF‐1 and IGFBP‐3 serum concentrations increased significantly (p < 0.05) during exercise in the study participants without obesity but not in those with obesity, returning to basal levels immediately after exercise. There was a statistically significant main effect on the growth hormone response, with circulating levels being higher in participants without obesity (p < 0.05). No significant effects were observed for either free IGF‐1 or IGFBP‐1 serum concentrations in response to exercise in either group (p > 0.05). We conclude that humans with obesity have blunted serum total IGF‐1 response during exercise. However, a concurrent attenuation in serum IGFBP‐3 response, which regulates free (i.e., biologically active) IGF‐1 in circulation, results in no change in circulating free IGF‐1 levels during endurance exercise in individuals with obesity.https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.70436exercisegrowth hormoneIGF‐1IGFBP‐1IGFBP‐3obesity
spellingShingle Eduardo D. S. Freitas
Lori R. Roust
Eleanna De Filippis
Matthew Buras
Brooke Brown
Christos S. Katsanos
Humans with obesity exhibit impaired circulating total, but not free, IGF‐1 response to acute endurance exercise
Physiological Reports
exercise
growth hormone
IGF‐1
IGFBP‐1
IGFBP‐3
obesity
title Humans with obesity exhibit impaired circulating total, but not free, IGF‐1 response to acute endurance exercise
title_full Humans with obesity exhibit impaired circulating total, but not free, IGF‐1 response to acute endurance exercise
title_fullStr Humans with obesity exhibit impaired circulating total, but not free, IGF‐1 response to acute endurance exercise
title_full_unstemmed Humans with obesity exhibit impaired circulating total, but not free, IGF‐1 response to acute endurance exercise
title_short Humans with obesity exhibit impaired circulating total, but not free, IGF‐1 response to acute endurance exercise
title_sort humans with obesity exhibit impaired circulating total but not free igf 1 response to acute endurance exercise
topic exercise
growth hormone
IGF‐1
IGFBP‐1
IGFBP‐3
obesity
url https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.70436
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